#839: AppCafe Ratings
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Reporter: wizgeeky | Owner: ken
Type: System Defect | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: Software Manager | Version: 9.2-RELEASE
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by kenmoore):
I would love to see this as well, but there are a couple major hurdles
that need to be worked out first.
The 9.x/10.x PBI repository format is currently just a one-way street for
end users to download/use PBIs, allowing for a simple and quick method of
operation. If we want to allow user-feedback as well, we will need to
either setup a completely new system for it (with all the anti-spam,
unique user verification, etc that goes with it) and make the AppCafe use
it too, or else we need to find a way to safely extend the repository
format to make it a two-way street (with all the added security checks
necessary).
Neither of these is a trivial task, so you can understand why we have not
decided to tackle it yet since the end result, while nice to have, is not
necessarily a critical feature.
In the mentime, I am actively working on making the AppCafe easier to find
particular applications/types. We just put a load of new information into
the PBI repository for 10.x so that we can do a lot better job of
suggesting applications, and I am going to be re-vamping the AppCafe
browser here in the near future to take advantage of it.
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